Usage examples of "in former times" in English with translation to French

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In former days people walked from Edo to Kyoto. Autrefois, les gens marchaient de Edo jusqu'à Kyoto.
Since graduation fifteen years ago I have never run into my former classmates. Je n'ai pas revu mes camarades de classe depuis que j'ai eu mon diplôme il y a 15 ans.
The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be. Le problème aujourd'hui, c'est que l'avenir n'est plus ce qu'il était.
Bombay is the former name of Mumbai and was given to it by the English. Bombay est l'ancien nom de Mumbai et lui avait été donné par les Anglais.
He could not help seeing that you were about five times as pretty as every other woman in the room. Il ne pouvait s'empêcher de voir que tu étais à peu près cinq fois plus jolie que toutes les autres femmes dans la pièce.
The newly promoted junior manager, drunk with power, lorded it over his former co-workers. Le jeune dirigeant nouvellement promu, ivre de pouvoir, jouait les hobereaux à l'égard de ses anciens collègues.
He has three times as many books as I have. Il a trois fois plus de livres que j'en ai.
The former is inferior to the latter in some respect. Le précédent est inférieur au suivant par certains aspects.
This microscope magnifies objects by 100 times. Ce microscope grossit les objets 100 fois.
When I met my former teacher, he inquired after my parents. Quand j'ai rencontré mon ancien professeur, il m'a demandé comment allaient mes parents.
Cowards die many times before their deaths. Les lâches meurent plusieurs fois avant leurs décès.
Of these two opinions, I prefer the latter to the former. De ces deux opinions, je préfère la deuxième à la première.
They have English lessons three times a week. Ils suivent 3 leçons d'anglais par semaine.
Kyoto is the former capital of Japan. Kyoto est l'ancienne capitale du Japon.
I've asked him three times to take out the trash and he still hasn't done it! Je lui ai demandé trois fois de sortir les ordures et il ne l'a toujours pas fait !
Kyoto was the former capital of Japan. Kyoto était l'ancienne capitale du Japon.
That was such good a book that I read it three times. C'était un livre tellement bien que je l'ai lu trois fois.
Our former home was in Sweden. Notre précédente maison était en Suède.
Yes, I have seen one many times. Oui, j'en ai vu un plusieurs fois.
Practice is as important as theory, but we are apt to value the latter and despise the former. La pratique est aussi importante que la théorie, mais nous sommes enclin à estimer la dernière et dédaigner la première.
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